Brains and brawn: Plectin as regulator and reinforcer of the cytoskeleton

BioEssays

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 451-454

  Allen, Philip G ^a   Shah, Jagesh V ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5 BISPHOSPHATE; PLEC1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PLEC1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PLECTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CYTOSKELETON; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MICE; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5-DIPHOSPHATE; PLECTIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033152849     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199906)21:6<451::AID-BIES1>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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